Thyroid Nodules

What Happens When You Don’t Get Expert Opinions On Indeterminate Thyroid Biopsies? Unnecessary Surgery or a Total vs A Simple Lobectomy? DF Schneider et al Endo Practice 23(4) 2017 The wrong surgery can cause problems. Some cancers in a...

Radiofrequency Ablation RFA:A New Addition to Master’s Classes in Interventional Thyroidology Starting in June 2017 Santa Monica Thyroid Center’s Richard Guttler MD, FACE, ECNU is adding RFA to the classes. The use of a smaller probe...

ThyroidNoSurgery.Com: The Place on the Web to Find All You Need to Know About Alternatives To Surgery for Thyroid Nodules,Cysts and Even Some Cancers. Small classic papillary thyroid cancer <1.5 cm treated without surgery by Active...

Video of a patient that consented to do an interview after RFA of his Nodule After review of options this patient opted to go with NO Surgery radiofrequency ablation for his thyroid nodule. Posted on the new Interventional Thyroid Ablation...

2017: The Beginning of the “No Surgery” When Active Surveillance and Thyroid Ablation Can Treat Nodules Cysts and Even Some Small Cancers. The series continues with the newest ablation method Microwave Ablation MWA. Water molecules...

HIFU: 101 The Least Invasive Ablation Method for a Thyroid nodule 1.2011 first study of HIFU on 22 thyroid nodule patients. 2. HIFU induces thermal destruction without any skin penetration (36). US are produced by arrays of piezoelectric...

What is Thyroid HIFU 101? A Chinese Dish or an Alternative Treatment for Benign Thyroid Nodules High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU): Another Non-Surgical Alternative to Surgery? High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a new, promising...